Oiling device for fiber silk and the like



J. JACOBS. OILIN'G DEVICE FOR FIBER SILK ANDTHE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21,1919.-

.Patented Nov. 2

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na Limi] o Specification of Letters Patent.

llmatcntcrl Nov. 2%, 192i.

Application filed November 2l, 1919. Serial No. 339,571.

To al? whom t may concern Be it known that l, JosErH JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oiling Devices for Fiber Silk and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in oiling devices for fiber silk and the like.

The object of this invention is to.provide an efficient inexpensive oiling device for fiber silk and the like, which is adapted to be used in winding machines for bobbins and which is composed of few simple and easily adjustable parts, and which is durable and will not get out of working order.

Another object of this invention is to produce an oiling device for fiber silk and the like which will provide a thin and evenly distributed film of oil upon a suitably mounted rotatable transfer element which the thread in its passage from the skein carriers to the bobbin is adapted to rotate.

Still another object of my invention is to mount at one edge of ,a suitable oil container, a roller adapted to contact with and be moved by a thread in the operation of winding the same on a bobbin, in` combination with means, such as a wick, having one end in the oil supply and the other end in contact with said roller for supplying a thin film of oil to the roller, which is taken up by the thread during its passage over the roller and which, by reason of the rotation thereof by the thread, always presents a fresh film of oil for the succeeding portions of the thread, whereby an even distribution of the oil on the entire length of khread is procured.

.`W ith these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined as to co-act and coperate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a diagrammatic View of a bobbin-winding machine showing the principle elements thereof and my improved oiling device in side elevation positioned intermediate such elements;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of 'Fig 3; y

Fig. 3 is a top or plan View of the oiling device shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a section on th`e`line 4 4 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring now to these drawings which illustrate ay preferred embodiment of my invention, l indicates the shaft of skein carriers 2 of a bobbin winding machine, on which is mounted a skein 3 of ber silk or like materiah-the thread 3a ofwhich, as shown, extends upwardly and is in the operation of being wound upon a bobbin 4 which, as shown, is mounted upon a vertical spindle 5 having a bobbin carrier 6 for supporting said bobbin 4. In the conventional bobbin-winding machine, a series of skein carriers, bobbin spindles, etc. are employed and the parts just described merely constitute elements of such conventional form of winding machine for bobbins with which my improved oiling device is adapted to be used but in themselves form no part of my present invention.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention one or a series of containers or cans 7 corresponding in number to the skeins which are being wound into bobbins, are suitably supported on a supporting bar 8 extending, as shown, parallel to the shaft l and positioned intermediate the shaft l and the bobbin spindles 5. As illustrated, these containers are provided with side lugs 7a and are secured to the support 8 by screw 7b. Mounted, and as shown, journaled on a Spindle 9 at the outer edge of the container 7 Ais a freely-rotatable roller l0 preferably composed of porcelain or other similar hard or refractory material which, as shown, is provided with a depressed circular or rounded groove 10EL and is so mounted that a portion of its periphery will extend beyond the walls of the container so as to permit contact therewith and a rotation movement thereof by a thread 3a in its passage from the skein to the bobbin. This rotatable roller is continuously supplied or fed with a thin film of coil through capillary attraction by the wick l1 which, as shown, has one end thereof suitably retained in contact with the surface of said roller l0, as at 11a, preferably at a point on the surface or periphery of such roller opposite to that on which the thread travels, and the lower portion 11b of said Wick extends into the supply of oil contained in the container 7. The Wick is, as shown, guided in a suitable Wick-guiding channel 12, one of the Walls l2 of which is provided With openings 12a through which extend Wick-adjusting spur Wheels 13 adapted upon manual rotation to adjust the contact of the Wick with the roller. The spur Wheels 13 are, as shown mounted upon the usual spindle 14 which is suitably supported in the Walls of the container and has a knurled knob 15. on the outside of the container to enable the manipulation of the gears to adjust the Wick in a Amanner similar to that of the ordinary mi? aving described my invention-I claim 1. An oiling device for fiber silk and like threads embodying a container provided With an oil containing portion, a roller having an unyielding, hard surface mounted to rotatefreely above said containing portionl and feeding means for supplying a thin film unyielding, hard surface mounted upon a container above said oil containing portion; having a portion of-its periphery extending beyond the Walls of Vsaid container and' adapted to rotatefreely and feeding means for supplying a thin` film of oil from the containing portion to said roller. v

4. An oilingdevice for fiber silk'and like threads embodyinv an oil container, ,a'roller having a non-yiel ing hard Surface mounted adjacent to one edge of said container to rotate-freely land having a portion of its pe! riphery extending beyond the Walls'f'of said container, and a capillaryvvick having' one end retained .in contact with said roller andl its other end extending into said container and adapted to supply a thin film of oil to the said roller. p c

A5.*An oiling device for fiber silk and like threads embodying a container having an oil containing portion, a grooved roller formed of a smooth glazed material mounted to rotate freely at one edge of said container and to have a portion of=it s periphery extending beyond the Walls ofsaid container,

`a Wick having one'end forced into contact with said roller and its other end extending into the oil-containing portion of said container for supplying a thin film of'oil to the said roller and means for adjustin the pressure of said Wick against said rol er.

'1n Witness lwhereof, l lhave signed my name to the foregoingspecificationV in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.l

JOSEPH JACBS.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC P. RANDGLPH, STnLLA V1N'roN. 

